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Man and Boy review – Rattigan’s murky reunion staged in silver-screen style

silverguide.site – A financier facing corruption charges is reunited with his son in this high-concept mishmash of screwball comedy and financial thriller…
Man and Boy review – Rattigan’s murky reunion staged in silver-screen style
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Dear Liar review – George Bernard Shaw spars with the original Eliza in Pygmalion

silverguide.site – Jerome Kilty’s fusty two-hander charts the cantankerous and flirtatious relationship between the playwright and actor Mrs Patrick Campbell…
Dear Liar review – George Bernard Shaw spars with the original Eliza in Pygmalion
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Lark Rise to Candleford review – tender, evocative tribute to rural lives in transition

silverguide.site – This music-laced adaptation of Flora Thompson’s novels is a coming-of-age story that finds quiet beauty in a world on the brink of change…
Lark Rise to Candleford review – tender, evocative tribute to rural lives in transition
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Children of the Night review – party like it’s 1997 in Yorkshire’s Vegas

silverguide.site – Through the eyes of two working-class teenagers, a legendary 90s Doncaster nightclub is brought back to life in Danielle Phillips’s sparky but quietly perceptive play…
Children of the Night review – party like it’s 1997 in Yorkshire’s Vegas
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Philippe Gaulier had a huge impact on theatre – but his ‘embrace the ridiculous’ lesson is one for us all

silverguide.site – The master clown helped generations of performers be more alive in the moment – and not take themselves too seriously. His teachings were for life as well as the stage…
Philippe Gaulier had a huge impact on theatre – but his ‘embrace the ridiculous’ lesson is one for us all
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Philippe Gaulier, clown guru and mentor to theatre and comedy greats, dies aged 82

silverguide.site – Teacher who ran school outside Paris was a formative influence on generations of comedians and actors including Helena Bonham Carter and Emma Thompson…
Philippe Gaulier, clown guru and mentor to theatre and comedy greats, dies aged 82
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Four decades after we wrote Yes Minister, politics is still reduced to the pleasure of power | Jonathan Lynn

silverguide.site – Our sitcom character Jim Hacker continues to cling on – as he takes to the West End stage, nothing has really changed…
Four decades after we wrote Yes Minister, politics is still reduced to the pleasure of power | Jonathan Lynn
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‘Binge theatre’: why Summer of the Seventeenth Doll continues to crackle with life 70 years on

silverguide.site – Ray Lawler’s drama became an international hit in the 50s, playing London, New York and eventually the silver screen. Now it’s being restaged as part of the ‘Doll trilogy’ in Melbourne – and it remains a classic…
‘Binge theatre’: why Summer of the Seventeenth Doll continues to crackle with life 70 years on
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War of the Worlds review – HG Wells recast as a fever dream of fear and xenophobia

silverguide.site – A visually arresting adaptation trades Martian menace for Enoch Powell-era paranoia – technically dazzling, politically pointed, yet also confusing…
War of the Worlds review – HG Wells recast as a fever dream of fear and xenophobia
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Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins Women’s prize for playwriting

silverguide.site – Judges, including Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner, praise Georgina Duncan’s play as the kind ‘producers dream of and audiences yearn to watch’…
Troubles-rooted play Sapling wins Women’s prize for playwriting
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Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy review – look back in laughter at misfit youth

silverguide.site – The standup’s tale of teenage travails, guilt and redemption borders on the sentimental but gets the balance right…
Liam Withnail: Big Strong Boy review – look back in laughter at misfit youth
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‘Anything half-arsed will not be tolerated’: a night at the most chaotic, beloved dance battle in regional Australia

silverguide.site – The Victorian town of Castlemaine lets loose at the annual costumed dance competition Hot Moves No Pressure…
‘Anything half-arsed will not be tolerated’: a night at the most chaotic, beloved dance battle in regional Australia
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The Edinburgh fringe has almost 4,000 shows – what does it take for a standup to stand out?

silverguide.site – The city is plastered with festival posters during August. If you want to make an impression, beware goofy grins and try channelling Charli xcx’s Brat…
The Edinburgh fringe has almost 4,000 shows – what does it take for a standup to stand out?
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The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave review – mesmerising trio tear up the dancefloor

silverguide.site – Oli Mathiesen, Lucy Lynch and Sharvon Mortimer bring absolute focus to a shatteringly powerful show of street dance choreo and techno beats…
The Butterfly Who Flew Into the Rave review – mesmerising trio tear up the dancefloor
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Bebe Cave: Christbride review – an irreverent romp through womanhood in the middle ages

silverguide.site – Pity poor Batilda Bigbum as she navigates a failed courtship and flight to a nunnery, before being burnt as a witch in this uproarious comedy…
Bebe Cave: Christbride review – an irreverent romp through womanhood in the middle ages
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LEI-LDN review – teenage delights and dilemmas, from the Midlands to the capital

silverguide.site – Na-keisha Pebody captures the roiling uncertainty of growing up in a show with upbeat music and audience interaction…
LEI-LDN review – teenage delights and dilemmas, from the Midlands to the capital
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Rachel Galvo: The Shite Feminist review – swaggering comedy about religion and privilege at an all-girls school

silverguide.site – In an eyebrow-raising debut, Galvo shares not very fond memories of her education in Ireland…
Rachel Galvo: The Shite Feminist review – swaggering comedy about religion and privilege at an all-girls school
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Prime movers, Scottish masculinity and hip-hop in a Hong Kong cafe: dance at Edinburgh fringe 2025

silverguide.site – Surprise finds at the festival include a sweet kids’ show about embracing your differences and a beautifully choreographed martial arts duet, in a year with work-in-progress energy…
Prime movers, Scottish masculinity and hip-hop in a Hong Kong cafe: dance at Edinburgh fringe 2025
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The Ego review – tricksy stories from film sets and award ceremonies

silverguide.site – Belgian actors Verona Verbakel and Anemone Valcke share anecdotes about their industry in a knotty show about ambition and failure…
The Ego review – tricksy stories from film sets and award ceremonies
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Here We Go Again: the enduring appeal of Mamma Mia!

silverguide.site – The blockbuster show has returned to Broadway to further cement its place as the most popular jukebox musical of all time…
Here We Go Again: the enduring appeal of Mamma Mia!
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